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Also Known As Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg • Ruprecht-Karl-Universität Heidelberg
Date 1386 - present
Areas Of Involvement public education
Notable Alumni Max Weber • Dmitri Mendeleev • Joseph Goebbels • Friedrich Wöhler • Max Born • Helmut Kohl • Adrian Piper • Daniel Bernoulli • Stefan Hell • Theodor W. Hänsch • Joseph Victor von Scheffel • Felix Adler • Matthias Jakob Schleiden • Kasimir Fajans • Achim von Arnim • Otto Meyerhof

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